atmosphere
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When the film opens at Oak Street’s idyllic summer block party, complete with cookouts and kids happily pedaling together on their bikes, he purposefully evokes the atmosphere of the movies he covertly cites.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The corona is the Sun's extremely hot outer atmosphere, and during most eclipses it appears white or silvery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Still, the thick pillars and huge arches remain fully visible at eye level, creating an otherworldly atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
All but one wanted to remain anonymous, but described a "chaotic atmosphere" inside Millsike.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
We all had sweaty palms during the countdown, but the rockets fired perfectly at 9:47 a.m., and amid the fire and smoke as the rocket lifted off, Glenn was launched into the atmosphere!
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Kavinsky was a defining act of the Paris electronic scene of the 2000s and 2010s, whose neon-smeared synths and noirish atmospheres lent themselves to L.A. freeways and Montmartre nightclubs alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The discovery indicates that astronomers may be able to study the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets from the ground by looking for gases escaping into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
With their bold scripts, memorable atmospheres and breathtaking visual landscapes, these films were enough to reinstate some faith in the Hollywood machine.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary nebulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.
From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf
It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.
From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald
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